James Oundo

Bamburi investors get Sh. 22.7bn as Tanzanian firm completes buyout

The buyout of Bamburi Cement by Tanzanian firm Amsons Group has been finalized. The buyout was finalized on Thursday when 212.73 million Bamburi shares were transferred by the shareholders to the Tanzanian firm. These shares were worth Sh. 13.83...

NCBA Group: Going beyond banking to change Kenya’s story

Every year, over 100 students have been joining a list of students whose primary, secondary and university education is paid for by the NCBA Group. In February 2024 for instance, over 100 students received a multi-million scholarship from the...

NCBA Bank’s land, vehicles, insurance partnerships a boon for customers

In 2024, the NCBA Group entered into a series of strategic partnerships that have vindicated the bank as Kenya's go-to financial institution for individuals, communities, and corporates. A spot check and analysis by Bizna Kenya shows that these partnerships have...

CBK lowers lending rate to 11.25 per cent

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has lowered its lending rate from 12 per cent to 11.25 per cent. In lowering the rate, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) stated that generally, global inflation has declined and central banks in the...

Small businesses, farmers to be exempted from eTIMS nightmare

Small business owners and farmers with an annual turnover of less than Sh. 5 million are set to be exempted from complying with the Kenya Revenue Authority's eTIMS invoicing system. This is after the National Assembly's Finance Committee made a...

Trump: I’ll hit BRICS Countries with 100% tariffs if they replace US Dollar

Incoming US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap countries under the BRIC bloc with 100 per cent trade tariffs if they try to replace the US Dollar as their trading currency. Trump made the declaration on social media...

Wrangles over Mali MMF push Safaricom to open new Ziidi MMF

Safaricom has launched a new money market fund (MMF) that will be in direct rivalry with the Mali Money Market Fund that it has been running. According to a report that appeared in a local daily on Thursday, Safaricom launched...

Life remains unaffordable for Kenyans despite claim of low inflation rate

According to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the inflation rate is currently at low levels that were last seen seventeen years ago. As at October 2024, the CBK placed the inflation rate at 2.72 per cent. However, Kenyans have lamented...

It’s one thing to build wealth and entirely another to maintain wealth or grow it

What is the secret formula to success and wealth? Every successful person has their own success method. So what is this method? It is a combination of things working seemelessly together towards one goal: wealth. Here, let's explore how...

My Canadian visa was revoked at the airport on my traveling day

Incidents of Kenyans still going for agents who are promising jobs and visas in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States continue to pile. And the consequences are proving to be very costly as one...

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